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1834 Report on the Committee to Examine the Garden, 1831.034.010

Report on the Committee to Examine the Garden, 1834 (page_0003)
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Report on the Committee to Examine the Garden, 1834 (page_0003)

at Mount Auburn, would be very likely to ensure a sale._ The margin or borders of the plats, it is recommended to have planted with fruit trees, perennial and biennial flowering plants, and Rose bushes; having regard to the kinds of the plants &c wanted for the uses of the Cemetery._ Pear trees being slow of growth, it would be desirable to obtain those of good size and thrifty, which it is presumed might be had, if not from the neighboring nurseries, from those upon Long Island, as well as Cherries, Plums &c &c. Apple Trees or are unsuitable for a garden, _these however, might be obtained from France or Holland, as Dwarfs on Paradise stocks, where, in the former Country particularly, they are said to be very cheap, and Maiden trees of this kind, as low as one franc each. _ Pears, worked upon Quince stocks, might be had in the same way, and a small importation of these it would be very desirable to obtain, and which might be effected for no very considerable sum. _ Dwarfs possess the merit of coming very soon

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